Board of Directors

2024-25

President

Martin Williams
University of Guelph

Past President

Bill Whelan, P.Phys
University of PEI

Vice-President

Pierre Bénard
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Vice-President Elect

Wendy Taylor
York University

Secretary-Treasurer

Christine Kraus
SNOLAB

(Term ends June 2025)

  Executive Director

Francine Ford
Canadian Association of Physicists

execdir@cap.ca

Director – Academic Affairs

Chitra Rangan
University of Windsor

(Term ends June 2027)

Director – Communications

Barbara Frisken
Simon Fraser University (retired)

(Interim appointment;
current DComms term ends June 2027)

Director – International Affairs

Oliver Stelzer Chilton
TRIUMF

(Term ends June 2026)

Director – Member and Affiliate Services

David Tessier
Western University 

(Term ends June 2026)

Director – Private Sector Relations

Ian D’Souza, P.Phys
Honeywell Aerospace

(Term ends June 2025)

Director – Professional Affairs

Daniel Cluff, P.Phys
CanMind Associates

(Term ends June 2026)

Director – Science Policy and Advocacy

James Fraser
Queen’s University

(Term ends June 2027)

Director – Student Affairs

Ben Newling, P.Phys
University of New Brunswick

(Term ends June 2025)